Hackney Boy & Author of ‘To Sweeten Bitter’, ‘The Perseverance’ ‘All The Names Given’ & children’s picture book, ‘Can Bears Ski?’. He/Him.
London / New Orleans
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I’ll be sharing new writing as part of my Writer-In-Residence @_TheWhitechapel at 7pm tomorrow evening (thursday 17th). Come through 💙🌊🫧 whitechapelgallery.org/event…
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The poem I was commissioned to write for the BBC Centenary is online and if you follow the link you’ll see a load of other commissioned pieces from some very recognisable names
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great to find out that 'Recaptive number 11407' has had over 70,000 downloads and streams this week. Listeners, thank you.
On this week’s @bbcworldservice Pick of the World with @annadoble we’ve fantastic audio from @kalkikanmani @RaymondAntrobus @SMane_Officiel @ChrisStringer65 @zsk @rebeccakesby1 @isaac_fanin @GauravVaz @ATSdotIn @HannahBewley @AdeaneAnt 09.32 GMT bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct41x…
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On this week’s @bbcworldservice Pick of the World with @annadoble we’ve fantastic audio from @kalkikanmani @RaymondAntrobus @SMane_Officiel @ChrisStringer65 @zsk @rebeccakesby1 @isaac_fanin @GauravVaz @ATSdotIn @HannahBewley @AdeaneAnt 09.32 GMT bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct41x…
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@EmilyBrenchi and I made a short video with @HelenDewbery for the @WMRNetwork introducing readers to 5 books of poetry by D/deaf, disabled, and chronically ill poets @RaymondAntrobus @betty_poet @pollyrowena @mailbykite and Rachael Boast - hope you enjoy!
youtu.be/ePjt9C5lfo8
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It is such an incredible honour for me to be included in the AQA GCSE English Literature syllabus. I remember how important the poets I studied in school were to me.A big thank you to all involved. #godruleseverythingaroundme #syllabus #gcse #poetry #blackbritishwriters #
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.@RaymondAntrobus is an "investigator of missing sounds." He joined @tompowercbc to discuss his debut spoken world album, The First Time I Wore Hearing Aids, and what it's like navigating the world as a deaf person with a different relationship to sound. cbc.ca/1.6636595
Bit late but just got told my radio doc with producer @AdeaneAnt made Picks of the week in The Observer. Thanks to everyone that has tuned in / watched / listened so far…catch it here bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct4k…
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Looking forward to this session with @RaymondAntrobus and Omar Bin Musa for @LagosPoetryFest.
This conversation and reading will be amazing.
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We're hoping to get this one to print over the next half term. It takes a while to secure copyright on 150 poems this good! Includes @RaymondAntrobus @MichaelRosenYes @lemnsissay @holliepoetry @RobGMacfarlane @warsan_shire + many, many more
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🦻🏽Raymond Antrobus retweeted
Friends, an extract of my book appears today in @GrantaMag. A big moment for me! This extract is from a long piece called sky doc, which won an Eric Gregory Award this summer
‘suicide is so close we can / smell its lavender breath’
Poetry from @JoeCarrickVarty’s collection, More Sky, forthcoming from @Carcanet in January 2023.
granta.com/joe-carrick-varty…
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[The Documentary Podcast] Recaptive number 11,407 #theDocumentaryPodcast
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An astonishing series of documents in #SierraLeone named the #Registers of #LiberatedAfricans record details of Africans freed
My upcoming BBC World service documentary, ‘Recaptive Number 11,407” is a Radio Times pick of the day. Tune in on Tuesday Oct 25th at 8pm.
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#Radio Loose Ends
Today 18:15
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Clive Anderson and @destructo9000 are joined by Craig Cash, @alkapranos, @miquitaoliver, @RaymondAntrobus and @Schreiberland for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from @TheUnthanks.
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001d4n…
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‘There are many layers to one’s “own sound”; it hints at a need to nurture a poetic sensibility, a kind of personal music in the noisy world of language’
Missed this essay in September—well worth reading now 👀
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Proud to have been awarded one of the 2022 Editors Prize's by for my @zoeglossia keynote speech, 'Poetry, Disability, and Vigilance' by Poetry Magazine. I give thanks to the editors and judges.
Proud to have been awarded one of the 2022 Editors Prize's by for my @zoeglossia keynote speech, 'Poetry, Disability, and Vigilance' by Poetry Magazine. I give thanks to the editors and judges.
One 2022 Editors Prize for Feature Article was awarded to @RaymondAntrobus for his essay “Poetry, Disability, and Vigilance” in the September 2022 issue. bit.ly/3Rx6ILV
🦻🏽Raymond Antrobus retweeted
Happy Friday! We are delighted to have secured funding to tour our Bear Ear Clinic to more settings in the Eastern Region! And return to the Norfolk Deaf Festival 2023! @Usherkidsuk @GressenhallFW @WalkerBooksUK @PollyDunbar @RaymondAntrobus
